New Ulm weekly review., 1887-10-26
HIS F IRST A mn ID All. BE OFT,
Gov: Church. Gives Much Interesting mforma-
ton as to. the Resources and. Prog
ress Of Dakota
Railway Constr uction,. a agricultural Develop
ment, the Public chool System Among the
Topics Discussed.


ernor Of Dakota, was received at the nte-
rlor departments to-day. 1t is 1l6 legal cap
pagesln length and was tied with one and
one-half yards of blue ribbon. tt is written
n typewriter on several different styles of
paper and is the best report OF the resources
OF any territory yet filed In the interior de-
partments He starts his report by saying:
3 The territory has had another year Of wonder
fui: growth in POPULATION and wealth. The re-
ports from all sections tell Of decided increase
OF immigration as compared with the same date
OF last year. and that the rush of new corners has
Kept we'll upsto the average of previous seasons.
As matter Of course, the localities along the
line OF the railroads and the districts having
large areas OF the pubic domain subject to en-
try under the homestead and pre-emption laws
are receiving the greatest number of settlers
The report states that 2, ,O67. 2S1 acres of
land were newly fled on, !, ,5S6.67 acres
were acquired by final proof and cash entry,
and 1887 acres were purchased by land
scrip. There has been u large Immigration
during the year to the Deadwood, Devils
Lake and Bismarck districts, where the re-
port states much of the public lands remain
unsurveyed. The area of ansurveyed land
taken up but not fled on during the
year is estimated TO be abe 200, 900 acres,
while the sale of lands to settlers
by the Northern Pacific railway and by pri-
mated to be about 400, 900 acres The gov
ernor estimates that the grand total Of lands
newly filed on and purchased by immigrants
for the year closely approximstes the sum
Of 2,667 ,2S1 acres, or 4,l68 miles square,
"an area" continues the report, squite
four times greater than Rhode ISL
and, about three times that of Deia-
ware, or nearly that contained within the
contained within the boundaries of the State
OF Connecticut The vacant area now open
to settlement is stated to contain 23,Sl1,-
40 acres distributed as follows: Aberdeen
district, S02.S73: Bismarck, 14,2S1. 600;
Deadwo ood. 5,87S,449; Devils Lake, l,4S2,-
29S; Fargo, 2S1 96O; Grand Forks. SOO,OOO;
Huron, 157. 600; Mitchell $500; Water
town. 112 625; Yankton, 5000.
THE POPULATION OF DAKOTA
Of 68.477. The governor states that the
large proportion of the foreign immigrants
are Canadians, and the vast numbers which
have crossed the international boundary line
shave fairly startled that country. and the
matter of loss of population through e,nigra-
| ton to Dakota has become subject of in
quiry by the provincial government p The
governor says that real estate has ap-
preciated rapidly, and that ii in
vestors hope to pick up any
bargains they must come early The
| governor passes rapidly through Mr.: Ray
mond's report of assessment and valuation
| in the territory and says:
! I predict that when Dakota is a state her
per cent bonds will sell more rapidly than the
dc per cent did. Nevertheless this is the first
Time Time N the history Of the United States that
| . ner cent, and we have conclusive
| proof that her credit is better
! than many of the states and rich municipal
tiles OF the East. Even St. Paul. with all her
| cent bonds about The same time at 1900 per
| cent less premium than territorial bonds
The report treats of railroad improve
ments at length, giving the work done by
each company, and the following table of
constructions:
Northern Pacific Grand Forks to Pembina. 95;
& Manitoba, Minoy west. 100; Rugby junction
to Bott neau, 40; Park River to Langden, 40:
Rutland to Glendale, so; Minnesota line to
WATERFOWL Al; Chicago, St; Paul, Minneapolis
sseo omaha sasm 70 Mitchgl ss Chi
to Lake Preston, IS; Wilmot extension,
10; Roscoe. 26; Chicago & Northwestern,
Faulkton to Gettysburg, IL: Vorndon to
Groton, a.; Fremont, Elkh horn & Missouri Val
lev Rapid City to Sturgis, 25; Minneapolis &
constr ucted roads in 1887. TIT miles,
The agricultural development of the ter
ritory receives generous consideration, each
particular crop being discussed with inter
esting data. The following table is given:
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Acres: Bushels. Acres Bushels.